GlobalFoundries Inc. $GFS Shares Purchased by UBS Group AG

UBS Group AG boosted its position in GlobalFoundries Inc. (NASDAQ:GFS) by 136.7% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 1,809,232 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,044,755 shares during the quarter. UBS Group AG’s holdings in GlobalFoundries were worth $63,178,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in GFS. Rafferty Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of GlobalFoundries by 18.4% during the third quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 372,122 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,337,000 after buying an additional 57,774 shares in the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC grew its holdings in shares of GlobalFoundries by 997.6% during the third quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 88,717 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,180,000 after buying an additional 80,634 shares in the last quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH purchased a new stake in shares of GlobalFoundries during the third quarter worth about $3,308,000. First Trust Advisors LP grew its holdings in shares of GlobalFoundries by 15.2% during the third quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,659,454 shares of the company’s stock worth $95,315,000 after buying an additional 350,743 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Prevail Innovative Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of GlobalFoundries during the third quarter worth about $4,769,000.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

GFS has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Needham & Company LLC lifted their price target on shares of GlobalFoundries from $42.00 to $55.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Morgan Stanley set a $43.00 price target on shares of GlobalFoundries in a report on Monday, February 9th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of GlobalFoundries from a “sell (d)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. Cantor Fitzgerald raised shares of GlobalFoundries from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $50.00 to $80.00 in a research report on Monday. Finally, Loop Capital set a $80.00 target price on shares of GlobalFoundries in a research report on Monday. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, GlobalFoundries has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $50.12.

GlobalFoundries Price Performance

GFS opened at $67.75 on Tuesday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $48.71 and its 200 day simple moving average is $42.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 1.95 and a current ratio of 2.62. GlobalFoundries Inc. has a 1 year low of $31.51 and a 1 year high of $69.30. The stock has a market capitalization of $37.70 billion, a PE ratio of 42.61, a P/E/G ratio of 2.56 and a beta of 1.71.

GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ:GFS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The company reported $0.40 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.35 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $1.63 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.63 billion. GlobalFoundries had a net margin of 13.05% and a return on equity of 6.86%. GlobalFoundries has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.250-0.350 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that GlobalFoundries Inc. will post 1.37 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at GlobalFoundries

In other GlobalFoundries news, Director Glenda Dorchak sold 4,000 shares of GlobalFoundries stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $58.46, for a total transaction of $233,840.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 18,867 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,102,964.82. The trade was a 17.49% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Michael James Hogan sold 2,300 shares of GlobalFoundries stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $60.69, for a total transaction of $139,587.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 16,045 shares in the company, valued at approximately $973,771.05. This trade represents a 12.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 15,200 shares of company stock valued at $801,067 over the last ninety days.

GlobalFoundries News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting GlobalFoundries this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 results beat EPS expectations ($0.40 vs. $0.35) with revenue in line at $1.63B — the beat supports near?term sentiment and underpins the rally. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Cantor Fitzgerald upgraded GFS ahead of investor events, adding optimism that catalyzed buying interest into earnings/Investor Day. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Product launch — GlobalFoundries unveiled the SCALE™ optical module for co?packaged optics targeting AI data centers, which expands exposure to a high?growth AI infrastructure market. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Minor insider sale — Director Samak L. Azar sold 500 shares under a pre?arranged 10b5?1 plan; amount is small and flagged as routine rather than a change in conviction. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Q2 2026 guidance disappointed — management set EPS guidance of $0.25–$0.35 versus consensus ~$0.39, which caps upside and shifts focus to margin and demand trends. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Wedbush reaffirmed a “neutral” rating with a $50 price target — implies significant downside from current levels and may temper momentum from upgrades and product news. Read More.

GlobalFoundries Company Profile

GlobalFoundries, Inc (NASDAQ: GFS) is a leading contract semiconductor manufacturer that provides wafer fabrication and related services to semiconductor companies and systems manufacturers. The company operates as a pure-play foundry, producing integrated circuits across a range of process technologies for customers in markets such as automotive, communications, consumer electronics, industrial, and aerospace. Its service offering spans process development, manufacturing, test and packaging support, and design enablement including process design kits (PDKs) and intellectual property (IP) libraries to help customers bring designs to production.

GlobalFoundries focuses on a portfolio of differentiated and specialty process nodes, offering technologies for radio-frequency (RF) and wireless, analog and mixed-signal, power management, embedded non-volatile memory, and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) process families.